ABENAKI


Meaning of ABENAKI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-bə-ˈnä-kē ]

noun

also Ab·na·ki ab-ˈnä-kē

( plural Abenaki or Abenakis also Abnaki or Abnakis )

Etymology: Eastern Abenaki wαpánahki, Western Abenaki wǫbanakii, literally, dawn land people, easterners

Date: 1721

1. : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of northern New England and adjoining parts of Quebec

2. : either of the two Algonquian languages spoken by the Abenaki peoples

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.